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IMPROVEMENT IN SBI-lilly CHAIR.

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Letters .Patent No. 60,262, dated December 4, 1866.` l

SPECIFICATION.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, CYRUs W. SALDEE and JESSE R. MOORE, of Newark, county of IiickingState of i Ohio, have invented a new and improved mode of constructing Sheep Chairs for tagging sheep;` and we der.` hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters-o. reference marked thereon. i

The nature of our invention consists, first, in the manner hereafter shown and described of securing and operating the box holding the sheep, on the end of. a common bench, in such manner that the box maybe raised up into a perpendicular position upon a hinge orjoint interposed between the boxand the'end of the bench supporting the same so as to receive the sheep without the labor of raising him up by main strength n and, secondly, in the arrangement of the pin passing through ,the rear end of the box to hold down the head` i of the sheep while he is being operated upon. 4

The box A of our chair" we make of one-inch lumber, nailed or screwed `together substantially in the manner clearly shown by the drawings, figs. 1 and 2. The front end of the box A is closed by the` narrow end piece A 1, as shown. The bottom of the box as here shown is straight, but `we make some..

of theui with the bottom of the box dropped down in a circular line, so as .to conform to the shape of the sheeps back, although the straight bottom answers a very good-purpose. Across -the bottom of the box we secure the wood or iron journal I, the ends of which are received and held in the slats B B, nailed to the sides of the i chair or bench S. (See figs. 1 and 2.) Uponv this joint the box A is operated, and can be raised up in the position shown bythe red lines', iig. 1. Through the sides of the box A, at or near the head, we bore the holes E, as shown in iig. 1, and through which we passthe pin E 1, AiigLZ. The chair, vsupporting our box A, isha` h simply constructed bench, with legs, e c, as shown in iig. 1, and braced laterally by the rounds D D 1. The` operation of our complete sheep chair" is substantially as follows, viz. the .chairl" being placed in position when the tagging is to be performed, the box is thrown up in the position shown by the red lines ing. 1, when the operator catches a sheep and roars him up on his hindfeet immediately in front ofthe box, (with hsbackf` toward-the box,) when, by the right handof the operator, he is pressed back into the box, while at the same instant the box is turned up with the left hand in a horizontal position, and left to rest'upon therbench S. The sheep is thus held on his back by the sidcs of the box, and his head is kept down by'the pin E Lg. 2, passing thro'ugh under his neck. After the sheep is operated upon the pin is withdrawn, the box raised up, when he is thrown out upon his feet without being touched by the operator. The handling of ailock of sheep for4 the purposeof tagging, &c., requires, under any of the present methods'ofdoing the same, two persons, one to hold the sheep, and the other to work on him, and theY operation is attended with considerable labor.

We are aware that several devices for holding sheep for the purpose herein named are well known and in use, an'dfor the purpose -of specifying clearly the peculiar advantage of our sheep chair" over any other` devices of asimilar character, we will brietiy state the manifest-'faults and objections we have foun'd in the use of the sheep holders or chairs now in use.

The operation of tagging sheep now most generally practised is without any device for holding the animal, requiring two persons, one to hold him as best he may, and the other to work on him. `:But recently a common bench about four feet long and ten inches wide, with sides about twelve inches high, the one side nailed to the side of the bench, and the other made adjustable, but for no practical purpose, has been made use of'.A ButI even in -this case it requires two persons to do thework, the one to tip up the bench, while the other places `the sheep into .the box, and if but one person is to do the work he must raise the sheep up intothe box by main strength. Another device used for this purpose is a .bo'fx similar to the box Ashown in the drawings, p

pivoted to a perpendicular arm whose lower extremity rests and works upon a hinge, the standard being firmly secured to the bottom of the Vbox or frame supporting the box, and `working in combination with sundry braces to hold the box in position. But in this case (the box not being balanced upon a joint immedi ately under.` the bottom,) when the box is lifted up and thrown forward inthe position to receive the sheep, it is` so far past the centre. upon which the lower end of the standard supporting it is hinged, that Ato' lift it up and i hack again in its horizontal positionwith the sheep in it requires nearly, if not, altogether, as 'much exertion as to raise the animal up into the box by main force. Again, this device is too complicated. But balance the bo-x A, or nearly so, on th'e lend of the benchnpon a. hinge or joint, as shown in the drawing, and the extraordinary ease with which we can operate the box with the sheep in itis apparent, for, in this case, theubox is virtually a. lever, with the hinge I, between the bottom of the box and the front end of -the stationtybench,

serving as the fulcrurn on which to swing it. i Another advantage We attain in this eombimition, ofv

bench S nnd'box A is, that `when done using the box for the purpose of tagging, it can be removed or detached from the bench, when the latter will serve to hold the rack on whieh we shear the sheep.

We therefore `.flisol-nini the use or manufacture of a sheep chair having one side of the box nailed, or otherwise firmly secured, to the side of thebench, and the other side adjustable, or of pivoting the box to an arm in combination with standards to hold the box in yposition, as these devices are no' pairt of our invention; but what wle do claim as new of our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iSvl The combination of box and bench S, as described, and pin E in combination with 'box A, constructed and operating as specified, and the purposes set forth.

'Y v Y CYRUS W. SALADEE,

JESSE' R. MOORE. Witnesses:

E. A. SALADEE, WILLAM ARMSTRONG.4 

